[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 32060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11305]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    On May 19, 2022, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Ohio in United States v. Chemical Waste Management, et al., 
Civil Action No. 3:22-cv-132 (S.D. Ohio).
    The United States filed this lawsuit under Section 106, 107, and 
113 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607, to recover its past 
response costs, declaratory judgment, and injunctive relief at the 
Tremont Barrel Fill Superfund Site in German Township, Ohio (``Site''). 
The Consent Decree requires Defendants to clean up contamination at the 
Site, at an estimated cost of $27.7 million. The Consent Decree also 
requires Defendants to reimburse the United States' past response costs 
at the Site and compensate the United States for any future oversight 
costs.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Fifth Modification to the Consent Decree. Comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. Chemical Waste 
Management, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-3-10605/1. All comments must be 
submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of 
this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

 
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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the proposed Fifth Modification 
to the Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice 
Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
    We will provide a paper copy of the proposed Consent Decree upon 
written request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your 
request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. 
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $7.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Patricia Mckenna,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-11305 Filed 5-25-22; 8:45 am]
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